Following a vote by the charter operator’s Board of Directors Wednesday, Aspira Haugan Middle School in Albany Park will close at the end of the school year, Jan. 10, 2025. (E. Jason Wambsgans ...

Teachers and staff for the Aspira charter school network said they plan to go on strike on March 17, if they can't reach agreement with management on a new contract.

ASPIRA opened Haugan Middle School in 2006 with 506 students. Its enrollment remained steady for more than a decade, peaking at 592 kids in the 2011-12 school year.

More than 100 educational leaders and support staff resigned from ASPIRA Inc. of Pennsylvania last month, and are now working ...

“It is not clear how any of the intercompany transactions between the charter schools could have been approved when all of the schools have the same board,” he wrote. Chao’s letter called on ASPIRA to ...

About 100 teachers and staff at the four ASPIRA charter schools in Chicago had previously set a March 17 strike date, but late Thursday night the two sides agreed on a tentative two-year deal.

Dozens of parents and teachers made their plea to the ASPIRA board of directors Wednesday night, trying to keep the charter middle school open. In the end, the decision came down to financials.

In a recent Facebook post, however, the school defended its financial practices. The post appeared soon after a Philadelphia Daily News report showed that an ASPIRA contractor was paid more than ...